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B Weekendplus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18 H Thursda}' feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38 B Family Notices . ...' . . . ; . . . . . .16,17 I Property . . . . . . .


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5,000 bike ride - page 5 ‘Singing Trip’-page6 ^. Chipping fun - page 17


Scarecrow special - page 38 ; INFORM ATION


Duty chemist: Heyes Chemist,,35 Moor Lane, Clitheroe: Sunday, noon to 1 p.m. ■ Poiice: 01200 443344. Fire: In emergency 999 and ask for fire service, v


•Electricity: 08001954141. "K Gas: 0800111999. , Water: 0845462200.' Councils: Kibble Valley Borough Council, Clitheroe- 425111. Clitheroe Town Council, 424722. ■ ■ ■ • Hospitals: Royal Blackburn Royal Hospital: 01254 263555. Airedale General Hospital, Steeton: 01535. 652511. Clitheroe Community Hospital: 427311. . Alcohol Information Centre: 01282 416655. Aidsline: 01282 831101 (7 p.m. to 9 p.m.). -


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Domestic Violence Helpline: 01282 422024. Cruse Bereavement Care: Ribble Valley 01200 429346. Environmental Agency: Emergencies - 0800 807060. . Drugs: Local confidential advice and information line: 01200 444484. National: 0800 776600. ' ■ , : nibble Valley Talking Newspaper: 01200 428604. Samaritans: 01254 662424. Monthly Volunteer Helpline: 01200 422721. ■ Lancashire Rural Stress Network: 01200 427771. QUEST (specialist smoking cessation service): 01254 358095. .: , ■ Ribble Valley Citizens’ Advice Bureau: 01200 428966.


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News online 24 hours a day, 7 days a week a t , , www.cIitheroeadvertiser.co.uk W EATHER a SLAIDBURN Pendle Club latest SOLO whist winners at the Pendle Club were


. Mrs D. Underwood, J.-Gidlow, Mrs D.- Knight!


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WEEKEND WEATHER: Forecasters predict light rain on Saturday and Sunday with temperatures reaching a high of 20°.


SUNRISE: 4-50 a.m. SUNSET: 9-21 p.m. LIGHTING UPTIME: 8-51 p.m.


' ; New members welcome every Monday at 7 p.m.


• •' Bridge winners at the Pendle Club were Mrs Marjorie Collier, Mrs Pat Parker, Mrs Anne Cooper, Mrs Doris Farnsworth. ■ Experienced players welcome every Mon-,


' day at 1-30 p.m. Domino winners: D. Lowe, R. Barker, S..


/ Barker, P. Holden, E. Fox, E. Barker (booby). - ■ - New members welcome every Friday a t -7 p.m. '■


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: 7-30 p.m.- and line dancing every Thursday at 1-30 p.m. I -


Bridge results


WINNERS at Clitheroe Bridge Club on Monday - were: NS Pat Ward and ; Roy Ward; Chris Pollard ;' and Janet Bailey. '


; . EW Doreen Blake and .


Sue Johnson, Kath Hig- son and Joan Bowken ; -


. On Thursday evening ■ winners were: NS Chris ■


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Pollard and Janet Bailey, Dorothy Jackson and ■ Tony Stokes.


'E W Doreen Blake and- Deanna Atkinson; Jean / Taylor and Kath Fisher. ■


.Vi J i l l by Margaret Parsons


SABDENscame.to a stand­ still in the sunshine on Sun­


day. ■ As noon struck, a moving service began to mark the dedi­ cation of the village’s new war. memorial.' And silence fell as the names


of the 72 Sabden men who lost their lives in conflict fighting for their country were read out. This day had been a long time


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coming. But the hundreds of people who turned out and brought the centre of the village , to a standstillwere proof that it was very, welcome. • . Until now Sabden people only


had two indoor plaques, in the school and parish church, to see


. the names of their loved ones and remember. Now, after several years of


hard work to raise £17,000, the ■village’s new Celtic cross memo-. rial stands proudly in the village centre as both a remembrance and a reminder to all, of the tragedy of war. Old soldiers, with their


medals proudly displayed, were joined by villagers, relatives of those who died who had trav­ elled from all over the country,. and four village lads who are in , the Armed Forces today - Kirk: Mount, of the Royal Artillery, Danny Fielding, of the Royal, Signals, Ryan Finnegan, of the


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■ Ihclefl, . • Danny Fielding,- •:


Kirk Mount, Ryan


• Finnegan •, and JJ


Rainford as. well as past - .' service per­ sonnel and'/,


guests at the service ;


(T250508/4) THE dedication ceremony of the new war memorial in Sahden (T250508/4c)


Royal Engineers, and JJ Rain- ford, of the Royal Navy Officer Training Corps. Resplendent in uniform they


lined up with the old soldiers who proudly held strong in the high winds seven regimental standards representing various regiments through the Preston Ex-Servicemen’s Association, the Burnley and Pendle Branch of the Royal British Legion and the Coldstream Guards’ Associ- ation. The service began with a wel­


come by the chairman of the War ; Memorial - Trust, Mr Antony Haworth, who had


launched and led the appeal and, organised the special day, with the help of a committee who he thanked individually.; He particularly singled out


Mr Simon Mount who has spent nearly 20 years research­ ing the men whose names are


. now etched on the memorial for posterity - and whose initial vision made it possible. Mr Mount read the name of


every man on the memorial - names remembered by many people there - and Fr Peter Birmingham, of St Mary’s RC Church, a staunch supporter of the memorial trust, made the


, dedication. There was a moving ■ address by Ribble Valley MP Mr Nigel Evans and a reading by Vmenne Marshall before the standards, were raised and poppy wreaths were laid around the memorial as Samantha Booth (14) and Evie Rapson


■ (15) sang “In Flanders Fields”. The standards were lowered


as a bugler played “The Last Post” and an old soldier from


,: the RBL recited their prayer of ; remembrance, Laurence Biny- on’s famous lines “They shall


■ grow not old . . . . .” before a minute’s silence was marked.


;. Another ex-serviceman read • the Kohima Memorial Epitaph “When you go home, tell them of us and say, for your tomorrow we gave our today” as people fought back tears. ■


• ■ ■ The / Earby Brass Band played as hymns .were sung and the whole moving spectacle


■ ended with the whole gathering singing - / “.-The: • ■ National


Anthem”.


/ /Guests .also-included the . Mayor and.Mayoress of the


: Ribble Valley, Coun. John and PhillipaHill.- -./ Afterwards old acquaintances were renewed when many people


■ went to St Mary’s Community : Hall for a buffet lunch prepared by St Mary’s ladies. : ■


Concert to launch debut CD


•SINGER songwriter Gary ■ Binks will launch his debut;, CD with a concert at Colne Muni tomorrow. ;-The talented Clitheroe '


musician spent 18 months . - writing and recording his ; first album, “An Exception to the Rule”, with backing from ai range of fellow ; artists. All 11 songs on the ;•


album are written by (lary; and represent his quirky, . . : catchy, irrepressible and ; ; impossible-to-pigeon-hole


; style. The CD is for sale at - Townsend Records, in Moor Lane, Clitheroe, or by mail order from Kerb stone Records (e-mail:f


; info@kerbsfonerecords.co m). ' It will also be bn sale at


■ tomorrow night’s launch gig, which starts at 8 p.m.; with tickets available on the door. For a re-view of


- .Gary’s debut album and a ■ chance to win a copy, don’t •1 miss next week’s Clitheroe "Advertiser andTiraes.;


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Ciitheroe Advertiser &Times, Thursday, May 29th, 2006 3 Tell us what you think’s hot in... Your views on what's hot or hot B Music H Films f l Stage B Books B Food and drink b Travel b Days Out Husband is jailed i


A MAN who lay in wait at his estranged wife’s home and went on to stab her has been


jailed for three years.. : Allan Murgatroyd (pictured)


was told by a judge that what had taken place at the Todber Caravan Park, Gisburn, had been a “planned ambush”.


. . Mr Justice Invin, passing down the jail term at Preston Crown Court, said: “It was calculated to terrify anyone. You were waiting for her in.the dark, over a sus­ tained period.” Linda Murgatroyd had ended


up .injured in the stomach, mouth, hands and knee. ■ / At a trial last month, a jury


cleared him of an allegation of attempted murder and an alter­ native charge of wounding with intent. He was found guilty of a lesser charge of unlawful wound­ ing. The Crown had claimed he


repeatedly stabbed out at the 44- year-old woman, having said: “I’m going to prison. I’m going to kill you.” It was also alleged that he later


told an arresting officer: “I was going to kill her. I really was and I meant to do it.” . 'Murgatroyd (61), of St


Clements Court, Barrowford, was a man of previous good character. . He and his wife had been mar-


ried for over a decade before their marriage broke down last year. She ended up staying on the Tod­ ber caravan park in Gisburn. . Miss Hilary Manley (prosecut­


ing) said the woman had just returned home in the early hours, of November 11th last year when the defendant grabbed her and held a knife to her throat. He was said to have gone on to


stab at her, accusing her of infi­ delity and she was also hurt to the hands in trying to grab the blade.


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He later made a 999 call from outside Barnoldswick police sta­


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for knife ‘ambush’ on estranged wife


tion, saying he thought he had tried to kill his wife and wanted to give himself up,. In his evidence to the court, the


defendant insisted he had not deliberately tried to stab his \vife or intended to hurt her. He said. he had gone-round to talk because he was upset about access arrangements to their daughter. • He explained he had picked up


a knife, thinking she would talk to him, but that he felt “terrible” over what happened that night. He said he had effectively fallen on top of her. Mr Mark Stuart (defending)


said it-was accepted any “con­ flict” in which the defendant had


, a knife in his hand was bound to be regarded very seriously by the


• courts. The defendant had wanted to


speak to his wife, but he did so by wholly inappropriate means. He should never have done that at three o’clock in the morning, or with a.weapon in his hand, but ■ should have done it in the cold light of day, through solicitors or other channels. “He obviously regrets what


happened. He went to speak to her. I t went very, very badly


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, wrong,” said Mr Stuart. ■ . Murgatroyd was also served with an ASBO for 10 years, (s)


Bin system beggars belief!


HOUSEHOLDERS in one part of the Ribble Valley are up in arms about the borough’s new wheelie binservice. They say plans to have shared bins for properties which are half a ! mile apart “beggar belief”.


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! Mr Harry Johnston, of Rodhill / Lodge, off the main route to / Bolton-by-Bowland, said he had received a letter from Ribble Valley


. ; Borough Council advising him introduction of the final of the authority’s three-


/ . stream waste collection service. /


- Hi s letter stated that the two • , wheelie bins he can use would have


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- to be taken half a mile down a track to the collection point and


, ,that they would be shared by two / other households.


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1 advised me to leave the bins at the;> ; collection point,-but-that would,.


V. mean six bins'would/be left on ahv:


unlit highway -with no pavements. If we brought them into the mouth of the lane no farm vehicles could get up to the farm on the single track. It is so ridiculous it beggars belief.” He said of the two properties


which win be sharing his communal bin, one is-located further up his track and the other is two miles away. His immediate:neighbour is bin sharing with another property.. Said Mr Johnston: “How do you


share a bin with someone who is two miles away? Who will be responsible for putting the bins : out? This is just crackers. I w i l l . have to get two wheelie bins up and down a lane that is half a mile long as will my 80-year-old neighbour. This just cannot happen; How can


. Said Mr Johnston: “When/l : -, you share bins with people that live’.-- questioned! the helpline st^f. they; -;:


miles apart? ” ! ’ V'’ , / In response Mr. Graham Jagger,' -


; the council’s street scene manager!" ■ said: “If the bins are left at the end;;


of a lane householders can drop their waste in when they are pass­ ing. We hope people will do that rather than everyone having their :-, own bins.


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. “The council adopted a policy of not going down long or difficult tracks some 18 months ago as part of the scheme’s introduction. We ­ ave informing people where we: want to pick up their waste. Simi­ lar types of situations occur in many other local authorities and this is the system that has been tried and tested elsewhere and is ■ acceptable. When you think how much time it w'ould take to go ■ down-all the lanes,-and the miles • we would have to travel, we have to look at the most effective sys-, tern that can be introduced at - council tax payers’ expense. Mem-; hers of the council were keen not to put up the.council tax so \ve have to have'a'system that works ... within the budgets.”- .


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EXPLORING some of the Won­ ders of the World and helping dis­ advantaged children at the same time is one caring Clitheroe woman. Miss Sarah Michelle Harbord (23),


pictured, is currently on a round-the- world trip. She flew out to India in February and


has since visited China and Singapore helping to transform the lives of chil­ dren suffering from learning disabilities. As part of her mercy mission, the for­


mer pupil of St Augustine’s RC High School, Billington, is currently volun­ tarily teaching English to youngsters at a special school in Penang, Malaysia. She decided to go to Malaysia after


being touched by the plight of young girls'and boys when she last visited the country four years ago. •Her partner Nigel, who is licensee of.


the Bull’s Head pub, in Wilpshire, said: “I ’m very proud of all the worthwhile work she is doing out there and glad that she is enjoying every minute of it. “She spends half her time teaching children and part-time working in a bar.


•During her year-long expedition, she hopes not only to enjoy some of the world’s remarkable landmarks, but also to find out how other people live. “I think the trip will help widen her


•view of the world before she returns to Clitheroe next year.” Her sister, Nicola (16), who is a pupil


at St Augustine’s, added: “I miss her a lot and would love to see all the good work she is doing out there.”


- Sarah’s next port of call is Australia.


However, before she goes Down Under, she has been invited to spend her 24th birthday with some of the members of the Malaysian Royal family. • Nigel added: “During her last -visit to


Malaysia, she attended a wedding and became friends with the head chef of the Royal Family. “As a result, they have invited her to


dine xvith them on her birthday, which is on June 9th.” (s)


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